Canning green peas for winter

A very simple, practical, useful home preparation! Preserving green peas for the winter according to this recipe is easy! Minimum of products, fast cooking time - you don't have to mess around for half a day. And you can use it like any store-bought peas - for salads, snacks, soups!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 17 % 1 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 83 % 5 g
24 kcal
GI: 80 / 0 / 20

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to preserve green peas for the winter? Prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Peas for preservation should be milky ripeness when they are still young, juicy and sweet. It is also advisable to sort it by size so that the workpiece turns out to be pretty. But this is at your request.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Open the pea pods and take out the peas, while removing all the damaged peas. Rinse the peas in water.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Flip the peas into a colander so that the water is completely drained.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the peas in an enameled saucepan and fill it with cold water so that it covers it to the thickness of 2-3 fingers. Put the pan on the stove over medium heat. When the water boils, foam begins to form on the surface, remove this foam. Together with it, you remove all the remaining garbage in the peas. Blanch the peas for 5 minutes. Then drain the water, put the peas back in a colander.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cooking marinade. Pour clean water into an enameled saucepan, add sugar and salt. Put the pan on the fire, bring the marinade to a boil, stirring with a spoon so that the loose ingredients completely dissolve. Wait for the marinade to boil, pour in the vinegar and turn off the heat.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Arrange the peas in pre-prepared sterilized jars. It is not necessary to fill the jars completely (up to the neck). There should be a gap of a few centimeters, about the thickness of a finger. Pour the boiling marinade over the peas in jars up to the shoulders, cover them with lids and sterilize in a saucepan with water for 10 minutes. Be sure to put a cloth on the bottom of the pan so that the glass on the jars does not burst.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Roll up the hot jars with lids, let them cool upside down under a towel. Then put it away for storage in the pantry or immediately use it for cooking any dishes. Enjoy your meal!

Canned peas are not only a delicious product, a popular component of many dishes, but also useful. It is rich in substances such as keratin, vitamins A, C, H, group B, minerals: phosphorus, magnesium. Iron, chlorine. It also contains such a substance as inositol, which helps to prevent liver obesity. Many people think that canned peas do not contain useful substances, that they are lost during heat treatment. Of course, some vitamins in peas partially die, but most still remain. For example, vitamin C is preserved by canning 20%, vitamin B1- 66%, and vitamin B2 - even 90%. However, in order for this product to really benefit the body, you need to follow some rules for its consumption. Canned peas can be stored no more than 24 hours after opening the jar. It can not be combined with bread, sweet foods, potatoes, cereals, washed down with sweet tea and it is not advisable to eat after lunch, so as not to cause gas formation in the intestines.

So that summer supplies are guaranteed to delight you throughout the cold season, read the basic rules, secrets and life hacks about preparations for the winter.

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Green peas fresh - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Table vinegar - 11   kcal/100g

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